wright
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See also: Wright
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht, work.
Noun
wright (plural wrights)
Derived terms
- arkwright
- boatwright
- bookwright
- bridgewright
- candlewright
- cartwright
- castlewright
- cheesewright
- coachwright
- fanwright
- filmwright
- gemwright
- ginwright
- gunwright
- housewright
- ironwright
- leatwright
- millwright
- novelwright
- playwright
- ploughwright
- plowwright
- scenewright
- shieldwright
- shipwright
- smithwright
- speechwright
- stagewright
- steelwright
- stonewright
- timberwright
- treewright
- waggonwright
- wagonwright
- wainwright
- wheelwright
- wheelwrighting
- woodwright
Translations
(obsolete) builder or maker of something
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Etymology 2
Verb
wright (third-person singular simple present wrights, present participle wrighting, simple past and past participle wrighted)
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